Chapter 14 Chapter 14 "I won't tell you." Little...
"I won't tell you." Although the young man was still very confused, he nodded and agreed.
The injured man looked at the sword holder eagerly and asked, "I have thought about it. I still want to be your disciple. What do you think?"
The swordsman quickly took out a sword education manual from the system and said to the injured man, "In that case, I will accept you as my apprentice, and we can look at the rest later."
The injured man knelt down joyfully, kowtowed three times, and shouted crisply, "Greetings, Master!"
The sword bearer nodded: "Get up."
The injured person asked excitedly: "Do we start practicing today or tomorrow?"
The swordsman had not expected such enthusiasm from him: "Tomorrow."
The injured nodded repeatedly: "That's right, I didn't think it through. Master just came back from working hard outside, how could I still make Master worry? Tomorrow I will wait for Master's teachings!"
"Go." The swordsman turned his head, looked at Li Baili, and said to the young man.
The boy looked at the two of them and inexplicably felt that the swordsman seemed very sad at that moment, but it must be an illusion.
After all, nothing happened, so why be sad?
The boy walked up to Li Baili.
Li Baili said to him, "Do whatever you want on weekdays, but don't stay next to me all the time. I'm used to being alone, and sometimes I get scared when I suddenly see someone next to me."
"Okay." The young man nodded, knowing that Li Baili didn't really need him as a servant. She just wanted to give him a place to stay temporarily. If he changed his mind later, she would still ask him to leave.
He suddenly remembered the villagers who had been captured.
If those villagers died before, not only would he be able to leave here without worries, but even his friends would not have to worry about being recognized and liquidated one day after leaving here.
Although they were in a very bad state now, he always felt that they would achieve something one day. By then, it would be impossible for the present generation not to recognize them.
In order to avoid people seeing them today only thinking of them as wanted criminals who had made mistakes, those villagers must die.
As long as we can meet the current leader through the owner of the villa halfway up the mountain, and persuade him to change his mind indirectly, those people will have to die.
But it is not easy to convince the present emperor. Unless he makes great contributions and exchanges them for rewards, the present emperor may agree.
But the matter must be kept secret. It sounds difficult. Not to mention actually doing it. Besides, he is now trapped in this villa. If he really wants to make a contribution, he is afraid that he will not be able to do it.
Take your time, there's always a chance.
The boy sighed inwardly.
When it was time to rest at night, he was alone in his room, and somehow he remembered the look the Swordsman gave Li Baili.
Unable to sleep anyway, the boy sat up from the bed and thought about the situation.
Could it be that the Sword Bearer is feeling sad because he feels that even a stranger like him, whom he has only known for a few days, can stay with the owner of this place openly, while the Sword Bearer himself has known the owner of this place for a long time, but has never been able to stay with the other person openly, either hiding from him or avoiding him?
The more I think about it, the more possible it seems.
The next day, the boy appeared in front of Li Baili with dark circles under his eyes.
Li Baili was surprised to see that his dark circles were much heavier than yesterday. She asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you sleep well last night?"
The young man paused, came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "No, I slept well last night." He didn't know how, but it was dawn before he knew it, and he didn't sleep at all.
Li Baihe was skeptical, but nodded: "If you feel sleepy, you can go back to sleep now. I don't have anything special to do here."
"I'd better stay with you," the young man shook his head. "I can't just sleep and not work. That would be too strange. It doesn't look like a servant."
"Okay, whatever you want." Li Baili said indifferently.
The young man followed closely behind Li Baili, unable to hold back his curiosity, and asked tentatively, "I haven't asked you yet, how did you two know that we were in trouble?"
"The sword wielder happens to know some divination techniques." Li Baili talked nonsense.
Anyway, just blame everything on the vest.
He just can't do anything and knows nothing.
"Thank you so much. Is there any cost for this method? I can find a way to repay you in the future." The young man added.
"It's not a big loss, you don't have to worry about it." Li Baili paused and said, "He always does what he wants. He didn't save you for your compensation. If you take it too seriously, it will burden him."
It was the system that knew the specific situation, and it was also the system that wanted to save people. If they really thought about it, they should actually thank the system instead of thanking Li Baili and the Sword Bearer.
Even if they wanted to thank the Sword Holder, since he had personally rescued them, there was nothing wrong with that. But there was no need to be grateful to him for predicting that they were in trouble and saving them in time.
The swordsman really didn't do divination.
How can there be any loss if nothing is done?
It would be fine to receive verbal thanks for something I have never done, but it would be too much to receive any substantial thanks.
Li Baili turned her face away.
The young man was secretly surprised: the owner of this place actually knew the sword holder so well. They must have known each other for quite some time.
I have only known them for a few days, and they can leave me here openly. Then, having known each other for such a long time, how come they have never thought about getting along with me here openly?
You must have thought about it, right? If you have never thought about it, the Sword Holder will not be sad.
Why didn't it work? Was it because the owner of this place didn't agree? He didn't look like he would disagree. He could tolerate strangers around him, but couldn't tolerate people he knew?
The problem doesn't lie with them.
Is it because of today?
This is quite possible. The current owner of this place is imprisoned here alone, and it doesn't seem like they are willing to give him any entertainment. It is even more impossible to give away a living person easily.
The reason why people like him were allowed to come here was simply because this place was short of a servant, or perhaps what was lacking was a closer and more attentive supervisor.
No wonder the present ruler is unwilling to allow the Sword Bearer to stay with the master here.
If he were the Sword Bearer, even if he was willing to be a slave here, he would not be willing to stay here for the rest of his life, and he would definitely not be willing to convey the news of the current master.
It is normal that we cannot reach an agreement.
So why don't they leave here?
They even arranged a place for a wanted criminal like me, so how could they not prepare a way out for themselves? Are they afraid of being discovered, of getting in trouble with others, of being caught?
It’s not like they’re the kind of people who are afraid of those things.
The more I think about it, the more confused I become.
The boy couldn't help but ask Li Baili: "Why do you stay here all the time?"
What he really wanted to ask was, why don't you leave.
Don't you want to get together openly? That's even more strange. If that's the case, then there's no need to get together privately, right?
Li Baili didn't know what he was asking and was stunned for a moment.
The boy felt that he spoke too quickly, and subconsciously said, "If it's difficult, it's better not to say it."
Li Baili came back to her senses: "This is not a big deal. I am staying here because the Lord asked me to stay here. As for the Sword Holder, he has not been here all the time."
"No," the boy shook his head. That's not what I'm asking. "Even if I ask you to stay here, you have many ways to leave, right? Why don't you leave? I don't understand."
Li Baili smiled and said, "This place is big, safe, and quiet. I don't have to deal with people, I don't have to work, I don't have to worry, and I don't have to worry. I think this place is great, so I won't leave."
He spoke sincerely and listed all the advantages, and none of them seemed far-fetched, but the boy just couldn't believe what he said.
It's nice here, but compared to the loss of freedom, all the benefits are insignificant.
The young man found it hard to believe that people like the Sword Holder and Li Baili would voluntarily allow themselves to be imprisoned in this place just because of the merits he had just listed.
He always felt that they should have a greater reason.
He just thought that Li Baili was unwilling to tell him the truth. After all, they had only known each other for a short time and she might not know whether he could keep a secret. Not telling him the truth was also cautious and not excessive.
The boy nodded and said, "I see."
While saying this, he was thinking: Wait, the Sword Holder can tell fortunes, could it be that he doesn't want to go out because he has predicted something? This is very possible.
What would it take for them to give up their freedom and stay here?
At the same time, the current director of the Imperial Study suddenly received a memorial.
The memorial said that a small fishing village along the coast suddenly caught a net of fish with human faces. Because it was so strange and terrifying, people rushed to show it to others, which has caused some panic in the local area. No one knows the reason and how to deal with it. I would like to ask Your Majesty to make the decision.
The current emperor frowned and asked the chief eunuch, "Has anyone seen a fish with a human face in the imperial kitchen recently?"
Whenever there were any rare animals, they would be sent to the imperial kitchen first. If the imperial kitchen didn't have them, then they didn't exist.
The eunuch shook his head: "No."
The current emperor sneered, "Back then, a thief wanted to build momentum for himself to ascend the throne, so he created the fish belly with books. Now, he created a fish with a human face. I think it is probably also for momentum."
As soon as he thought about it, he felt that this must be another trick of Li Baili. Even if Li Baili knew nothing, it must be the work of Li Baili's remaining old subordinates.
In short, if there is something that we don’t know the reason for, we will just blame it on Li Baili.
The present emperor approved this memorial and said: I have already known about this matter and will send people to investigate immediately. If there is any fraud, you will not have a good death.
The present gentleman took another look at the address of the memorial and set off for the villa halfway up the mountain.
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